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Degerfors

Superettan Sweden

Svenska Cupen

Founded:	1907
Stadium:	Stora Valla
Coach:	Stefan Jacobsson
Superettan Form:
Overall Form:

Degerfors home ground venue is Stora Valla.

Stefan Jacobsson is the current coach for Degerfors.

Degerfors Superettan Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Degerfors have played a total of 30 matches in Sweden Superettan. Their current statistics is 8 win, 9 draw and 13 lose.

Degerfors did not win their last two matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Degerfors results for their home or away matches in Superettan 2016.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Degerfors	30	8	9	13

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
05/11/2016	Frej	2 - 0	Degerfors	1-0	H2H	O	+
Yonathan Getachew 18'		1 - 0
Abu Suma 38'
			59' Peter Samuelsson
			59' Adrian Johansson
Lukas Sunesson 62'		2 - 0
Alagie Sosseh 63'
Pontus Silfwer 63'
Adam Gradén 79'
			79' Admir Ćatović
			79' Shpëtim Hasani
Abu Suma 79'
Matias Ledezma 79'
			79' Govend Muzafar Haidar
			79' Ronny Sabo
			85' Tobias Solberg
Lukas Sunesson 89'
Abdul Basit Adam 89'
29/10/2016	Degerfors	3 - 3	Syrianska	2-1	H2H	O	+
Admir Ćatović 8'		1 - 0
			35' Success Nwosu
		1 - 1	37' Mattias Mete
Amor Layouni 39'		2 - 1
Amor Layouni 41'
			43' Heradi Rashidi
Amor Layouni 52'
Christoffer Wiktorsson 57'		3 - 1
Sebastian Ohlsson 60'
			62' Samuel Akintioye
			62' Bachir Katourgi
			68' Alexander Michel
			71' Charbel Georges
			71' Filip Korkes
Admir Ćatović 76'
Ronny Sabo 76'
			88' Heradi Rashidi
			88' Antonyos Celik
		3 - 2	90' Yoann Arquin
		3 - 3	90+4' Mattias Mete
			90+4' Mattias Mete
23/10/2016	Ljungskile	2 - 4	Degerfors	2-4	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	1' Govend Muzafar Haidar
		0 - 2	5' Govend Muzafar Haidar
Allan Mohideen 14'		1 - 2
Admir Bajrović 16'		2 - 2
		2 - 3	31' Shpëtim Hasani
		2 - 4	39' Christoffer Wiktorsson
			45+1' Tobias Solberg
			45+1' Ludvig Fritzson
			46' Tobias Solberg
			46' David Frölund
Alexander Mellqvist 51'
Hannes Stiller 56'
Gabriel Altemark-Vanneryr 56'
			66' Shpëtim Hasani
			66' Admir Ćatović
Admir Bajrovic 68'
Tim Nilsen 68'
Ahmed El Amrani 81'
			86' Christoffer Wiktorsson
Linus Tornblad 88'
15/10/2016	Degerfors	0 - 0	Dalkurd	0-0	H2H	O	+
			30' Rawez Lawan
Sebastian Ohlsson 51'
			67' D. Montiel
			67' Oke Akpoveta
Govend Muzafar Haidar 72'
Ludvig Fritzson 72'
			80' Kutjim Bala
			80' Leonard Pllana
			80' Amor Layouni
			80' Admir Ćatović
Emil Johansson 86'
Erik Sachs 86'
			87' Jesper Nyholm
			88' George Moussally
			88' Peshraw Azizi
03/10/2016	Degerfors	1 - 0	GAIS	1-0	H2H	O	+
			17' Björn Andersson
Tobias Solberg 18'		1 - 0
Emil Johansson 48'
			63' K. Cadogan
			71' Johan Ramhorn
			71' Luka Mijaljević
Tobias Solberg 76'
Peter Samuelsson 76'
			82' Robin Book
			82' Craig Henderson
Amor Layouni 82'
Ronny Sabo 82'
Jesse Öst 83'
G. Haidar 86'
Oskar Klasson 86'
Oskar Klasson 90+3'
Peter Samuelsson 90+5'
27/09/2016	AFC Eskilstuna	5 - 1	Degerfors	2-1	H2H	O	+
Chidi Dauda Omeje 4'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	8' Shpëtim Hasani
Omar Eddahri 14'		2 - 1
			41' Admir Ćatović
Carlos Gaete-Moggia 41'
Ferid Ali 41'
			60' Marcus De Bruin
			60' Amor Layouni
			75' Tobias Solberg
			75' Govend Muzafar Haidar
Jernade Meade 77'
Chidi Dauda Omeje 77'		3 - 1
			78' Jesse Öst
			84' Admir Ćatović
			84' Peter Samuelsson
Chidi Dauda Omeje 84'
André Österholm 84'
Mohamed Buya Turay 87'		4 - 1
Omar Eddahri 88'
Erik Figueroa 88'
Mohamed Buya Turay 90'		5 - 1
22/09/2016	Degerfors	0 - 2	Halmstad	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	25' A. Henningsson
Hampus Zackrisson 38'
E. Sachs 38'
Ludvig Fritzson 54'
Admir Ćatović 56'
G. Haidar 59'
Amor Layouni 59'
			65' Fredrik Olsson
			65' Gabriel Gudmundsson
			79' Antonio Rojas
			79' Ivo Pekalski
Andreas Holmberg 82'
Ronny Sabo 82'
		0 - 2	90+3' Sead Haksabanovic
18/09/2016	Trelleborg	0 - 0	Degerfors	0-0	H2H	O	+
			19' Tobias Solberg
Zoran Jovanovic 46'
Mattias Håkansson 46'
			68' Admir Ćatović
			68' Peter Samuelsson
			69' Ronny Sabo
			69' Amor Layouni
			76' Marcus De Bruin
Freddie Brorsson 77'
Johan Brannefalk 77'
			80' Marcus De Bruin
			83' Shpëtim Hasani
			83' Erik Sachs
Salif Camara-Jonsson 89'
			89' Andreas Holmberg
Robin Andersson 90+3'
Roger Thompson 90+3'
10/09/2016	Degerfors	0 - 2	Varberg BoIS	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	25' Elias Andersson
Marcus De Bruin 25'
		0 - 2	37' Joakim Lindner
			42' Anton Liljenback
Ludvig Fritzson 47'
Marcus De Bruin 56'
Amor Layouni 56'
Govend Muzafar Haidar 61'
Peter Samuelsson 61'
Jonathan Azulay 61'
Admir Ćatović 61'
			77' Ivan Näsberg
			77' Peter Nyström
			83' Joel Palmquist
			83' Nsima Peter
			84' T. Boakye
			88' Karl Soderstrom
			88' Eric Nilsson
Hampus Zackrisson 89'
28/08/2016	Åtvidaberg	3 - 2	Degerfors	2-0	H2H	O	+
Simon Alexandersson 1'		1 - 0
Simon Helg 7'		2 - 0
Björn Westerblad 34'
			41' Admir Ćatović
Hampus Holmgren 46'
Jon Birkfeldt 46'
Simon Alexandersson 61'		3 - 0
			63' Govend Muzafar Haidar
			63' Ronny Sabo
			63' Admir Ćatović
			63' Peter Samuelsson
		3 - 1	65' Peter Samuelsson
Jens Jacobsson 70'
Simon Alexandersson 82'
Marijan Cosic 82'
		3 - 2	90' Peter Samuelsson
20/08/2016	Degerfors	1 - 0	Sirius	0-0	H2H	O	+
Shpëtim Hasani 54'		1 - 0
			54' Ante Björkebaum
			54' Ian Sirelius
Govend Muzafar Haidar 64'
			65' Moses Ogbu
			65' Johan Andersson
			69' Christer Gustafsson
			69' Alexander Nilsson
Sebastian Ohlsson 71'
			75' Oscar Pehrsson
Shpëtim Hasani 79'
Admir Ćatović 79'
Tobias Solberg 83'
Andreas Holmberg 83'
Govend Muzafar Haidar 88'
Boris Lum 88'
14/08/2016	Assyriska	0 - 1	Degerfors	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	43' Marcus De Bruin
			56' Andreas Holmberg
			56' Shpëtim Hasani
Mateo Panadić 62'
Mattias Genc 62'
George Makdessi 62'
Kenny Pavey 62'
			74' Ludvig Fritzson
Ugonna Anyora 74'
Gilgamesh Oyal 74'
			81' Govend Muzafar Haidar
			81' Admir Ćatović
06/08/2016	Degerfors	2 - 1	Ängelholm	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	19' Marcus Bergholtz
Tobias Solberg 43'		1 - 1
			54' Zeyn S-Latef
			61' Philip Bernholtz
			61' Ardian Rexhepi
Emil Johansson 66'
Marcus De Bruin 66'
Tobias Solberg 66'
Admir Ćatović 66'
			68' Dennis Stojanovic-Fredin
Hampus Zackrisson 69'
Amor Layouni 75'
Peter Samuelsson 75'
			86' Nikola Petrović
			86' Oliver Stojanovic-Fredin
Peter Samuelsson 87'		2 - 1
01/08/2016	Värnamo	1 - 1	Degerfors	1-1	H2H	O	+
Simon Nilsson 3'		1 - 0
			9' Boris Lum
			24' Jonathan Azulay
			29' Sebastian Ohlsson
		1 - 1	37' Ludvig Fritzson
David Engström 53'
			68' Tobias Solberg
			68' Peter Samuelsson
			74' Amor Layouni
			74' Emil Johansson
Martin Claesson 78'
Ellis Culum 78'
Johan Andersson 85'
Peter Jul Nielsen 85'
			89' Boris Lum
			89' Oliver Nilsson
23/07/2016	Degerfors	2 - 3	Örgryte	0-1	H2H	O	+
			20' Hampus Bohman
			25' Hampus Bohman
			25' Hannes Sahlin
Hampus Zackrisson 27'
		0 - 1	36' William Atashkadeh
Marcus De Bruin 55'
Emil Johansson 55'
Peter Samuelsson 55'
Tobias Solberg 55'
Ludvig Fritzson 59'		1 - 1
			62' D. Mustafa
			62' Martin Kayongo-Mutumba
		1 - 2	68' Martin Kayongo-Mutumba
Boris Lumbana 77'
Andreas Holmberg 77'
G. Haidar 82'		2 - 2
			83' Daniel Paulson
			83' David Johansson
		2 - 3	85' Johan Hammar
Christoffer Wiktorsson 90+3'
02/07/2016	Ängelholm	2 - 1	Degerfors	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	16' G. Haidar
			31' Christoffer Wiktorsson
Albin Nilsson 43'		1 - 1
			47' E. Sachs
			50' Alexander Andersson
			50' Emil Johansson
			75' Jesse Öst
Nikola Petrović 75'
A. Selmani 75'
O. Stojanovic Fredin 77'		2 - 1
			79' Amor Layouni
			79' Peter Samuelsson
			79' G. Haidar
			79' M. Solum
O. Stojanovic Fredin 88'
A. Grahn 88'
Ryan Finley 90+2'
Erik Johansson 90+2'
28/06/2016	GAIS	2 - 2	Degerfors	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	3' Ludvig Fritzson
Johan Lundgren 19'		1 - 1
			27' Hampus Zackrisson
Danny Ervik 30'
Liam Davis 30'
L. Singh 62'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	64' Ludvig Fritzson
			65' Peter Samuelsson
			65' Alexander Andersson
			73' G. Haidar
			73' Ronny Sabo
James Sinclair 80'
Craig Henderson 80'
Luka Mijaljević 80'
D. Johannesson 80'
Tommi Vaiho 87'
			90' Amor Layouni
			90' Emil Johansson
Craig Henderson 90+3'
18/06/2016	Degerfors	2 - 1	Trelleborg	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	12' Marcus Pode
Boris Lumbana 22'		1 - 1
Ronny Sabo 40'
Ronny Sabo 66'
G. Haidar 66'
Alexander Andersson 66'
Peter Samuelsson 66'
			67' Anton Tideman
			71' M. Håkansson
			71' Robin Andersson
			71' Marcus Pode
			71' Freddie Sramek
			74' F. Brorsson
Ludvig Fritzson 75'
Peter Samuelsson 77'		2 - 1
			81' Anton Tideman
			81' Norlla Amiri
Boris Lumbana 90'
M. Solum 90'
			90+3' Kristian Haynes
11/06/2016	Varberg BoIS	2 - 1	Degerfors	1-0	H2H	O	+
Joakim Lindner 10'		1 - 0
			42' Tobias Solberg
			42' Boris Lumbana
Nsima Peter 55'		2 - 0
			60' Hampus Zackrisson
			63' Peter Samuelsson
			63' M. Solum
			65' Boris Lumbana
Nsima Peter 65'
Oliver Nåfors 65'
			75' Ronny Sabo
			75' G. Haidar
		2 - 1	83' Amor Layouni
Thomas Drage 88'
Christoffer Arvidsson 88'
04/06/2016	Degerfors	0 - 0	Ljungskile	0-0	H2H	O	+
Ronny Sabo 17'
			25' P. Björlund
			40' Alexander Mellqvist
			40' Josemar
Amor Layouni 43'
			48' Aleksandar Kitic
			49' Aleksandar Kitic
Marcus De Bruin 62'
Peter Samuelsson 73'
Alexander Andersson 73'
Ludvig Fritzson 75'
M. Solum 75'
Jonathan Azulay 80'
Tobias Solberg 80'
Andreas Holmberg 80'
Hampus Zackrisson 86'
			90+2' Tim Nilsen
			90+2' L. Tornblad
28/05/2016	Degerfors	0 - 3	Assyriska	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	5' Mattias Genc
		0 - 2	33' Mamadou Wague
Tobias Solberg 46'
Ronny Sabo 46'
Andreas Holmberg 52'
		0 - 3	52' Mattias Genc
			58' Gustav Jarl
			61' Ken Fagerberg
			61' Daniel Sliper
Amor Layouni 69'
Emil Johansson 69'
			71' Mattias Genc
			71' Aziz Corr Nyang
Alexander Andersson 81'
Magnus Solum 81'
			82' Kenny Pavey
			82' George Makdessi
21/05/2016	Sirius	6 - 0	Degerfors	2-0	H2H	O	+
Ante Björkebaum 29'
J. Andersson 42'		1 - 0
Ante Björkebaum 43'		2 - 0
			46' Ronny Sabo
			46' G. Haidar
			46' Jesse Öst
			46' Oskar Klasson
Christer Gustafsson 46'
Ian Sirelius 46'
			47' Tobias Solberg
Dragan Kapcevic 49'		3 - 0
J. Andersson 63'
J. Bergman 63'
			76' Jonathan Azulay
			76' E. Sachs
Dragan Kapcevic 77'
Paul Torres 77'
Ian Sirelius 78'		4 - 0
Ante Björkebaum 81'		5 - 0
P. Hopkins 87'		6 - 0
Karl Larson 90+1'
15/05/2016	Dalkurd	2 - 2	Degerfors	2-0	H2H	O	+
			12' Hampus Zackrisson
Ahmed Awad 18'		1 - 0
Imed Louati Louati 41'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	55' Amor Layouni
			65' Ronny Sabo
			65' Emil Johansson
Jalid Kerkich 76'
Heradi Rashidi 76'
			80' Ludvig Fritzson
			80' Govend Muzafar Haidar
Predrag Randjelovic 82'
Ahmed Awad 83'
Dusan Djuric 83'
Imed Louati Louati 86'
Peshraw Azizi 86'
			90+2' Andreas Holmberg
Predrag Randjelovic 90+5'
Rawez Lawan 90+10'
		2 - 2	90+10' Amor Layouni
11/05/2016	Degerfors	3 - 1	Värnamo	2-0	H2H	O	+
Alexander Andersson 10'		1 - 0
Peter Samuelsson 39'		2 - 0
			44' Victor Nilsson
			46' Tobias Englund
			46' Ellis Culum
Amor Layouni 60'
Govend Muzafar Haidar 60'
Tobias Solberg 64'
Boris Lum 64'
			69' Pär Cederqvist
			69' Yves Nkuru
Govend Muzafar Haidar 71'		3 - 0
			76' Johan Svahn
			76' Henrik Widén
Alexander Andersson 83'
Emil Johansson 83'
Emil Johansson 89'
		3 - 1	90' Ellis Culum
07/05/2016	Halmstad	0 - 1	Degerfors	0-0	H2H	O	+
			23' Hampus Zackrisson
Mak Adam Lind 26'
			47' Tobias Solberg
Antonio Rojas 55'
Rebin Asaad 55'
Adnan Kojic 60'
Alexander Henningsson 60'
			63' Tobias Solberg
			63' Andreas Holmberg
			70' Ronny Sabo
			70' Magnus Solum
		0 - 1	76' Alexander Andersson
Andreas Bengtsson 80'
Gabriel Gudmundsson 80'
			83' Jonathan Azulay
			85' Amor Layouni
			85' Govend Muzafar Haidar
			90' Ludvig Fritzson
30/04/2016	Degerfors	0 - 3	Åtvidaberg	0-1	H2H	O	+
			12' Simon Helg
			12' Marijan Cosic
		0 - 1	28' Sebastian Ramhorn
Marcus De Bruin 64'
Alexander Andersson 64'
			69' Simon Marklund
			69' Simon Alexandersson
		0 - 2	70' Mahmoud Eid
Ronny Sabo 71'
Magnus Solum 71'
			75' Mahmoud Eid
			75' Samuel Leach Holm
Amor Layouni 79'
Govend Muzafar Haidar 79'
		0 - 3	90+1' Simon Alexandersson
25/04/2016	Örgryte	3 - 1	Degerfors	2-1	H2H	O	+
Fredrik Björck 17'		1 - 0
Daniel Paulson 30'		2 - 0
			33' Ludvig Fritzson
		2 - 1	38' Peter Samuelsson
			44' Peter Samuelsson
William Atashkadeh 45'
			51' Hampus Zackrisson
William Atashkadeh 55'
Andreas Östling 56'
Niklas Klingberg 56'
William Atashkadeh 69'
David Johansson 69'
			72' M. Solum
			72' Alexander Andersson
Sebastian Ohlsson 74'		3 - 1
			80' Andreas Holmberg
			80' G. Haidar
George Mourad 90'
A. Henriksson 90'
16/04/2016	Degerfors	2 - 2	Frej	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	11' Joakim Runnemo
Ludvig Fritzson 28'
		0 - 2	33' Oke Akpoveta
			43' Pontus Åsbrink
			46' Johannes Gustavsson
			46' Juanjo Hervias
Boris Lum 46'
Magnus Solum 46'
			67' Victor Söderström
			67' Abu Suma
Abu Suma 68'		1 - 2
			71' Abu Suma
Amor Layouni 74'
Alexander Andersson 74'
Ludvig Fritzson 81'		2 - 2
			88' Oke Akpoveta
			88' Lukas Sunesson
10/04/2016	Syrianska	1 - 1	Degerfors	1-0	H2H	O	+
Robin Book 17'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	48' Ronny Sabo
Victor Wernersson 49'
			52' Christoffer Wiktorsson
Charbel Georges 56'
Ahmed Abdultaofik 56'
			59' Bachir Katourgi
			61' Magnus Solum
			61' Peter Samuelsson
			62' Amor Layouni
			62' Alexander Andersson
Ahmed Abdultaofik 64'
Charbel Ceylan 64'
			65' Sebastian Ohlsson
			72' Jonathan Azulay
			74' Tobias Solberg
			74' Boris Lum
Robin Book 78'
Kamaliza Ndhodhi 78'
03/04/2016	Degerfors	0 - 2	AFC Eskilstuna	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	59' Daniel Jarl
			67' Jernade Meade
			76' Mohamed Buya Turay
			76' Omar Eddahri
Emil Johansson 78'
Govend Muzafar Haidar 78'
			82' Sasa Matic
			82' André Österholm
			83' Othman El Kabir
		0 - 2	86' Omar Eddahri
			89' Erik Figueroa
			90' Othman El Kabir
			90' Amadou Kalabane

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Degerfors in Superettan.

Statistics & Analysis of Degerfors

P. Samuelsson is the leading top goal scorer for Degerfors with 6 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	3
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	4
Longest run without win	5
Clean sheets	7
Matches over 2.25 goals	17
Matches under 2.25 goals	13
Matches First Half Over 0.5	24
Matches First Half Under 0.5	6
Matches odd	12
Matches even	18
Average goals scored	1.13
Average goals allowed	1.8
Failure to score	10
Biggest victory	2 - 4
Biggest defeat	6 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	3
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	2 (13%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (7%)
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	P. Samuelsson
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Degerfors Squad

Detailed statistics of each Degerfors player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

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#	Name of Player
1	Jesse Öst	2199	25	0	1	0	2	0	1
2	Jonathan Azulay	1549	18	0	3	0	2	0	1
3	Hampus Zackrisson	1748	20	0	1	0	9	0	0
4	Marcus De Bruin	2319	28	1	4	1	3	1	0
6	Magnus Solum	368	11	8	2	0	0	0	0
7	Ronny Sabo	1041	19	7	7	1	2	0	0
8	Andreas Holmberg	1615	21	3	3	0	4	0	0
9	Alexander Andersson	680	13	6	4	2	0	0	0
9	Admir Ćatović	567	12	6	5	1	3	0	0
10	Peter Samuelsson	1594	27	10	5	6	2	0	0
11	Tobias Solberg	1737	24	2	11	2	4	0	0
13	Boris Lumbana	664	11	4	4	1	2	0	0
14	Erik Sachs	394	8	4	0	0	0	0	1
15	Sebastian Ohlsson	2610	29	0	0	0	5	0	0
16	Govend Muzafar Haidar	1457	26	10	10	5	1	0	0
17	Emil Johansson	1094	18	7	3	0	2	0	0
18	Amor Layouni	1797	25	4	12	4	2	1	0
19	Fuad Hyseni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Christoffer Wiktorsson	2610	29	0	0	2	4	0	0
21	Adrian Johansson	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Oliver Nilsson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ludvig Fritzson	2198	26	2	2	5	7	0	0
25	Oskar Klasson	498	7	2	0	0	1	0	0
	Shpëtim Hasani	813	11	2	3	3	0	0	0
	Jonas Bohlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.